political zine, 78 pages, $5 suggested donation, edited by Toad & Rielle, c/o Spartacus Books, 311 W. Hastings Street, Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, BC, [email protected], www.tao.ca/~letitbeknown/
Political writing usually falls into two distinct categories. Those who already know their audience and write accordingly, and those who simply have some views to share and hopefully will sway those to their argument. The zine APEC (clever, no?) contains more of the former than the latter. Though the general content of the scene is the typical political cartoons and vitriolic rants against various governments and institutions, there is a fair amount of good information to be found within these pages, which are surprisingly abundantly footnoted as well. That’s something I wish a lot of other political zines would do, so people can look up sources more easily. Overall, APEC is well intentioned, and speaks to its own audience. (Kevin Jagernauth)